The 2013 CBA between the Newark Fire Officers Union and the City of Newark provided two terminal leave options for retiring officers. The traditional option allowed the officer to remain on the payroll and receive full salary, earning pension credits, while not reporting for work during their termi
CLARKSVILLE, TN — During the City Council Executive Session on May 29, 2025, a significant discussion emerged regarding the pay of Clarksville’s firefighters, highlighting concerns over their compensation compared to other municipalities. Councilman Haywood passionately addressed the issue, revealin
FORT WAYNE, IN — Last Wednesday, leaders from Fort Wayne Professional Firefighters Local 124 held a press conference calling for Chief Lahey to resign, saying “leadership failures” have led to firetrucks being taken out of service, causing delayed response times.IAFF Local 124 President Jeremy Bush
MEMPHIS, TN — Memphis firefighters and other union workers are questioning whether they can trust city leaders as budget negotiations play out. Two weeks ago, City Council showed support for a five percent raise for all city employees, including first responders. The Memphis Fire Fighters Associatio
CA — California public employee unions think their members are falling behind financially in retirement, and for the first time in recent memory they’re making a serious case to increase their pensions.They proposed legislation this spring that would allow newly hired police and firefighters to reti
Daniel Kang, an Asian man, began working as a corporal for the Savannah Police Department (SPD) in Georgia beginning in 2012. In April 2020, Kang and other officers attempted to serve an arrest warrant on Kahlil Kelly. During the operation, they detained Darryl Faitele, mistakenly believing him to b
The 2013 CBA between the Newark Fire Officers Union and the City of Newark provided two terminal leave options for retiring officers. The traditional option allowed the officer to remain on the payroll and receive full salary, earning pension credits, while not reporting for work during their termi
Alicia Bragg, who served as president of the Montana Federation of Public Employees (MFPE) Troopers Unit, was appointed to the Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) Strategic Improvement Committee (SIC), which was tasked with analyzing a climate survey of troopers to guide organizational improvements. On
In 2014, Quintin Grillone, a police officer in Murray City, Utah, resigned while under investigation for allegedly providing false information to a prosecutor handling a traffic citation against his mother. Grillone, while in uniform, accompanied his mother to court and reportedly gave inaccurate d
Kenneth Zipovsky had been employed as a police officer for the City of Hazleton, Pennsylvania since 1993. The CBA between the Fraternal Order of Police, Power City Lodge No. 18 and the City outlined three different pension options for officers based on their date of hire: Plans A, B, and C, each wi
John Nawara, a correctional officer at Cook County Jail and employee of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois since 1998, was involved in several altercations with colleagues in 2016, including his superior officer and human resources personnel. As a result, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office
The Camp Hill Borough Police Association and the Borough of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, were subject to a collective bargaining agreement that expired on December 31, 2023, and were engaged in arbitration proceedings for a successor agreement. Prior to 2024, police officers had never been required to c
Philadelphia Police Department Officer Andre Coles was terminated in May 2021, which the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 5 (Lodge 5) grieved, arguing the termination lacked just cause. Lodge 5 and the City entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) in March 2023, requiring the City to pay back
In March 2022, City of Minneapolis police officer Christopher Humphrey applied for promotion to sergeant while under investigation for alleged misconduct involving alcohol and a weapon during a police training event. Despite the pending investigation, the City allowed Humphrey to test for the posit
Deputy sheriffs assigned to the Albany County courthouses in New York were granted paid time off on state and federal holidays, without being required to use their accrued leave time, since the courthouse was closed on those days. When a deputy was off on a holiday, their time was entered into the
RALEIGH, NC — Raleigh’s annual budget, which the city council passed unanimously Monday, checks a lot of boxes. It funds staff pay raises, parks, infrastructure, and affordable housing. It doesn’t increase property taxes. But one wishlist item that didn’t make the cut is separation allowance for fir
LONG ISAND, NY — The grief-stricken family of a FDNY firefighter who died of a heart attack after he was let go from the department after losing his job because of migrant crisis budget cuts got a $50,000 boost from a new “relief fund.”Long Islander Derek Floyd’s widow, Christine Floyd, is the first
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — Atlantic City officials violated a firefighter’s religious freedom by forcing him to shave his beard, a federal appeals court ruled.Alexander Smith is an ordained Christian minister who works as a firefighter and air mask technician in Atlantic City.Continue reading at NJ.com
The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously ruled in favor of a straight woman who twice lost positions to gay workers, saying an appeals court had been wrong to require her to meet a heightened burden in seeking to prove workplace discrimination because she was a member of a majority group.Continue r
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ORLANDO, FL — Orlando District Fire Chief Alissa Baussan has initiated legal action against the City of Orlando, alleging workplace discrimination and retaliation.Baussan has been with the Fire Department for more than two decades and worked her way up to the District Fire Chief position. She conte
MADISON, WI – Today Representatives Bob Donovan and Clinton Anderson, along with Senators Jesse James and Brad Pfaff, introduced LRB-2712. The bill creates a pilot program providing grants to small law enforcement agencies that would cover labor costs and unreimbursed training costs associated with
BALTIMORE — Labor negotiations are getting contentious between Baltimore City and the local Fraternal Order of Police.On May 29, members of the Baltimore Police union rejected the City’s latest offer by a resounding 99.4 percent. Both parties are attempting to renegotiate an expiring Memorandum of U
The head of the Houston Police Department has formally rescinded a policy requiring officers to make at least one traffic stop per day, just before a City Council vote that could outlaw such quotas. In a memo to Mayor John Whitmire’s office, Police Chief Noe Diaz said the directive no longer aligns